Multiple Choice
"The Pew Forum, a respected polling organization, released a poll in which they surveyed a random selection of the millennial generation (those born after 1981) and found that they are less religiously active than those from the previous few generations. The poll is probably accurate." Identify the fallacy that applies to this example.
A) None of the answers are correct
B) The inconsistency fallacy
C) The weak analogy fallacy
D) The slippery-slope fallacy
E) The fallacy of hasty generalization
Correct Answer:

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